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British Bookbindings Presented by Kenneth H. Oldaker to the Chapter Library of Westminster Abbey. [Cover title: The Oldaker collection of British book-bindings in Westminster Abbey Library. Includes bibliographical references and index. ]
by Nixon, H.M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A few pencil notes by the bookseller Patrick King, otherwise Near Fine. Prospectus laid in
- ISBN 10
- 0901953040
- ISBN 13
- 9780901953049
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, first edition, 1982. Edition of 1000 copies. Cloth, gilt cover-title in frame, small 4to, 25 cm,. 159 pp, 3 coloured plates, and 68 half-tone ills. From the prospectus: "The collection includes bindings by Henry Evans, the re-identified John Harding, Mearne, Bartlett, Edwards of Halifax, Kalthoeber, Scott, Comte de Caumont, Lubbock, Rennie, Lewis, Wickwar, the Doves bindery, the Guild of Women Binders, Cockerell, de Sauty, Bagguley, McLeish; also books bound for Elkanah Settle, Jonas Hanway, the Prince Regent, Czar Alexander I, &c ; Masonic, Scottish and Irish bindings. A few pencil notes by the bookseller Patrick King, otherwise Near Fine. Prospectus laid in.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-40732
- Title
- British Bookbindings Presented by Kenneth H. Oldaker to the Chapter Library of Westminster Abbey. [Cover title: The Oldaker collection of British book-bindings in Westminster Abbey Library. Includes bibliographical references and index. ]
- Author
- Nixon, H.M
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, gilt cover-title in frame, small 4to, 25 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - A few pencil notes by the bookseller Patrick King, otherwise Near Fine. Prospectus laid in
- Edition
- Edition of 1000 copies
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0901953040
- ISBN 13
- 9780901953049
- Publisher
- Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, first edition, 1982
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 159 pp, 3 coloured plates, and 68 half-tone ills
- Keywords
- Bookbinding Great Britain Catalogs. Oldaker, Kenneth H. Library Catalogs. Westminster Abbey. Chapter Library Catalogs. Nixon, Howard M. Oldaker, Kenneth H. Westminster Abbey. Chapter Library., 0901953040
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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